{"id":6469,"date":"2026-10-19T09:48:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/doktorsvorn\/doktorsvorn-i-sagnfraedi-meghan-anne-korten\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T09:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:48:57","slug":"doktorsvorn-i-sagnfraedi-meghan-anne-korten","status":"publish","type":"phd_defence","link":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/doktorsvorn\/doktorsvorn-i-sagnfraedi-meghan-anne-korten\/","title":{"rendered":"Doktorsv\u00f6rn \u00ed sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i: Meghan Anne Korten"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\" property=\"content:encoded\">\n<p>\u00deri\u00f0judaginn 24. mars 2026 fer fram doktorsv\u00f6rn vi\u00f0 Deild heimspeki, sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i og fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0i H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. \u00de\u00e1 ver Meghan Anne Korten doktorsritger\u00f0 s\u00edna \u00ed sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i, Intertwined Threads: The Value and Function of Va\u00f0m\u00e1l\u00a0as Cloth and Money, and Beyond.\u00a0V\u00f6rnin fer fram \u00ed H\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0asal \u00ed A\u00f0albyggingu H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands og hefst kl. 13:00.<\/p>\n<p>Andm\u00e6lendur vi\u00f0 v\u00f6rnina ver\u00f0a Susanna Harris, lektor vi\u00f0 h\u00e1sk\u00f3lann \u00ed Glasgow \u00ed Skotlandi, og Eva Andersson,\u00a0lektor vi\u00f0 h\u00e1sk\u00f3lann \u00ed Gautaborg \u00ed Sv\u00ed\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0.\u00a0Doktorsritger\u00f0in var unnin undir lei\u00f0s\u00f6gn Sverris Jakobssonar, pr\u00f3fessors \u00ed sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Einnig voru \u00ed doktorsnefnd Agnes Arn\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir, d\u00f3sent vi\u00f0 h\u00e1sk\u00f3lann \u00ed \u00c1r\u00f3sum \u00ed Danm\u00f6rku og Helgi \u00deorl\u00e1ksson, pr\u00f3fessor emeritus vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands.<\/p>\n<p>Gauti Kristmannsson, deildarforseti \u00cdslensku- og menningardeildar, stj\u00f3rnar ath\u00f6fninni.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Um ranns\u00f3knina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Va\u00f0m\u00e1l var a\u00f0algjaldmi\u00f0ill og verslunarvara \u00e1 mi\u00f0\u00f6ldum \u00e1 \u00cdslandi, auk \u00feess sem \u00fea\u00f0 var fj\u00f6lnota vefna\u00f0arvara til kl\u00e6\u00f0ager\u00f0ar og annarra nota. \u00cd ritger\u00f0 sinni fjallar Meghan Anne Korten um hvernig efnislegir eiginleikar og g\u00e6\u00f0i va\u00f0m\u00e1ls m\u00f3tu\u00f0u hlutverk \u00feess sem gjaldmi\u00f0ils og \u00fatflutningsv\u00f6ru. Enn fremur ver\u00f0ur kanna\u00f0 hvernig va\u00f0m\u00e1l mi\u00f0la\u00f0i st\u00f6\u00f0u og sj\u00e1lfsmynd \u00ed samf\u00e9laginu. Ranns\u00f3knin byggir \u00e1 heimildum fr\u00e1 12.\u201314. \u00f6ld, \u00fear \u00e1 me\u00f0al \u00cdslendingas\u00f6gum, samt\u00ed\u00f0ars\u00f6gum,\u00a0Gr\u00e1g\u00e1s, J\u00f3nsb\u00f3k, m\u00e1ld\u00f6gum og ann\u00e1lum. Leitast er vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 greina fimm helstu n\u00fdtingarform va\u00f0m\u00e1ls: sem efnislega, fagurfr\u00e6\u00f0ilega, \u00ed vi\u00f0skiptum, vi\u00f0 tengslamyndun og sem f\u00e9lagslegt a\u00f0greiningart\u00e6ki. 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